Nurturing The Seed of Genius — Theory and Methods
Mon, 24 Mar
|Workshop
Stage 2 of the Davis Autism Approach Facilitator Training,


Time & Location
24 Mar 2025, 09:00 GMT – 25 Mar 2025, 18:00 GMT
Workshop
About the Event
Prerequisites for attending are: 1) you are currently a licensed Davis Dyslexia Facilitator; and 2) you recently attended a Davis Autism Approach Workshop.
Workshop Schedule:
16 hours of sessions, as follows:
24th March 2025: 09:00 — 13:00 and 14:00 — 18:00
25th March 2025: 09:00 — 13:00 and 14:00 — 18:00
Timings are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0).
Workshop Presenter:

Richard Whitehead
Director, Davis UK & Ireland
Nurturing the Seed of Genius Workshop Presenter
Davis Learning Strategies Workshop Presenter
Davis Dyslexia Workshop Presenter and Davis Specialist
Davis Autism Approach Facilitator and Coach
Richard has been a Davis Programme Facilitator since 2002. Having been a classroom teacher for several years, he originally discovered the Davis methods when looking for a solution for the son of some friends.
His extensive background in education includes time spent teaching in both the adult and mainstream secondary educational sectors.
Richard has a keen interest in holistic approaches to health and learning; alongside his dyslexia work, he has run workshops on effective parent/child communication based on the work of Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
In recent years, Richard has lectured and presented on the Davis learning methods in countries and cultures as diverse as the UK, Ireland, Iceland, Estonia, Poland, Portugal, India, Italy (Sardinia), South Africa, New Zealand and the United States.
Richard's original university education was as a linguist, and he speaks several European languages. Alongside Richard's work with the Davis methods, he is also a Patoss-accredited Specialist Teacher Assessor, specialising in multilingual SpLD assessments for non-native speakers of English in the UK.
Richard is author of the Davis Methods books Why Tyrannosaurus But Not If ?, and Counting On Fingers as well as a free fifteen-part e-mentoring course for teachers and parents of struggling learners, a six-week practical course for parents and a practical workshop for teachers. He has written articles on neurodiverse learning styles for publications that include Literacy Today, Green Parent Magazine and Personnel Today magazine.
Tickets
Payment In Full
Special reduction on normal price of £750
£325.00
Total
£0.00